8.01.2012

It's done, it's done, it's finally DONE! Our Parade of Homes DIY Blogger House is finished and ready for you to see! There is so much to show you and tell you, that I'm going to have to break it up in a few posts, so I thought I'd start off sharing the details from the spaces I worked on first. Beginning with my built-in dining room hutch!

Oh my gosh, I love it! It's perfect, and I want one in MY house! (don't have space for one, but I could possibly find some) Just think... this space was just going to be a plain ol' closet with a simple door, before I stepped in and opened my big mouth.

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Of course Cason and I couldn't leave good enough alone, and had to add a bit of House of Smiths "flair" to my spaces with some of our new vinyl designs. I really like how they make the space pop, and add just that little extra special something.

In the dining room Brian decided to add this simple wall treatment to our space. I LOVE it, and will definitely be using the same concept in our home somewhere in the future. It's just plain ol' MDF boards, spaced out about an inch and a half from each other, and then painted all semi-gloss white. A spin off of regular board and batten and planking... Genius!

Next was the itty-bitty pantry. I was actually pretty excited to take on this space, because I wanted to show people who walked through the house, just how cool, even the smallest spaces can turn out, with a few simple ideas implemented!

I painted the inside of the pantry a beautiful green (Split Pea - by Sherwin Williams) and lined just the back three main shelves with a scalloped vinyl decal. Using space saving jars, containers and crates, I staged a bunch of the most common pantry items inside, to show people just how functional, organized, yet stylish this little space can really be!

It was SO fun working with Brian on all of my decorating ideas. While he was a bit more modern and streamline, I took the feminine cottage-style approach, and together... they married quite nicely, if I say so myself.

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Working together with our little blogger team (we're missing cute Laura, who isn't pictured here) was SO amazingly fun.

A lot of work, yes.

A little stressful at times, sure.

But TOTALLY worth it?... Abso-freakin'-lutely!

I can't think of any other girls (and guy) that I'd rather design with, decorate with, joke about feeling like sister-wives together with, or accomplishing this amazing feat with, other than these sweet, talented friends of mine.

I have to be honest and say that I'm a bit TOO attached to this house, and may be doing periodical drive-by's after everything is said and done. There's just something about actually FINISHING an entire space that makes me completely jealous sad to leave it. LOL.

Now if I just had expendable amounts of money and contractors at my fingertips......... oh, a girl can dream, right!? :)

Like I mentioned before, I'll be sharing more about the DIY Blogger House very soon, but for now, you can head on over to the other bloggers sites to check out their beautiful signature spaces, and click on our cute handout below, to read all about the house in detail and even see where we shopped for our fun decor!

This is super cool. I've been hearing about the Blog house at Daybreak. I went to the Garden party at Conservation Garden..if you know what I'm talking about. It's time..I'll go see your house and I want to see the landscaping.... is that the water wise garden? It's fun to talk to some one local, too. I just signed off comments from Puerto Rico, New Hampshire and now SL valley.. hahhahahhaha

Okay, that is amazing! I loved what you did with the hutch. I didn't even realize that you put a vinyl pattern in the back...thought it was the doors! lol Great job to both of you. :) I wonder.......is that house up for sale or is it just a model home? Love the tiny pantry too. I'm thinking I need to find a space like that in my house.......;)

Love the pantry. That is so sweet and genius to put a light in there. the trim on top really tops it off and the vinyls = Perfect. You [and Cason] have done an amazing job. Do you know the name of the wood flooring used in this house?

This turned out better than I imagined! What beautiful designs you did. I loved the hutch in the dining room with the wooden tray with silverware already inside. An easy quick way to serve if you have unexpected guests! Thanks for all your clever ideas!

OH MY WORD!!!!! CAN I PIN EVERY STINKING PICTURE AND FILE IT UNDER "FUTURE HOME"?!?!! Or can you just come to Nashville and help me pick out stuff?!?!!?! This is amazing. The wood walls... the tiny pantry, the wood crate, the dining room table, the dining room light....OH MY WORD!!!! What a fantastic job!!!!!

OMGosh Shelley, AMAZING!!! LOVE the hutch such a great space :) It's so crazy to think of where and how far you've gone since I first started reading your blog!! Truly amazing. LOL about the sister wives joke :)So what happens with the house now? Did I miss that somewhere?

Wow Shelley! I am totally loving that tiny pantry you did --- it is amazing how much stuff you got into a small space without it looking crammed in there! And love how you painted & added vinyl to the back - makes it feel like a piece of furniture and not just some hole in the wall.

Your projects are all amazing and done in fab colors - I can see why you're a little sad to say good-bye! {BTW - that plank styled wall is to die for ... I want! LOL}

LOVE how this turned out!!! The mini-pantry is so cool and the hutch makes me wish I’d saved my old one and painted it up with vinyl. You've all out-done yourselves! When you’re ready to make a trip to Iowa add my house to your list of things to do:)

everything looks amazing!!! Would you happen to know what the exterior colors used were? I'm in love with the teal blue/yellow and would love to replicate it on my house-which is in desperate need of some fresh paint! :)

I love your little pantry! What a cute space. We just purchased our "dream home" and it's my first time getting to decorate everything just how I want. I love the dining room table (one of the first projects on my list is the dining room!) and it says it's from Down East Home, but I couldn't find it anywhere online. I couldn't even find that they sell tables...could you help me out? Thanks! Keep up the great design work!annamarieferrell@gmail.com

WOW Shelley! Your area of the house turned out PERFECTLY! I love the lil nook and the pantry.. EVERYTHING! I would be really jealous/sad to leave it too! I wish I could have been there to see it in person, but I caught a horrible cold... hopefully sometime I will though. Also I was going to call you today, because I was wondering where you got that cute THANK YOU sign your daughter is holding in your instagram photo. We are getting ready to put our adoption profile together and I would like to put a cute sign in our photographs {that we should have had taken a month ago!} that says "we are waiting for you" Any ideas? As if you aren't overwhelmed with enough!Anyway you are fab, talk to you soon! I hope!Andrea

This is beautiful! Need more details: Color of gray on the wall, where to get the fabulous gray weathered sunburst mirrors, where to get the beautiful rug under the dining room table. If I missed that previous post, so sorry! Can you let us know? Thanks!

It's awesome! I love using decals on almost anything, from walls to doors to containers, they just make everything better! We have a few too many door sin our house so I used graphic decals to "label" each one, a coat hanger for the closet, mason jars for the pantry, even a man and woman on the powder room door!

Hi Shelley, I saw "your" home today & it looked so great. I could certainly see your "signature" before even knowing which rooms were assigned to you. I loved the fresh colors & the sense of fun & whimsey. And thanks for sharing where you purchased all the accessories.

Warmly, MichellePS - The Parade literature did not make it clear which house was the DIY Blogger home. You may want to add to your post that it was #12 "The Annabella". ;D

So pretty and inspiring! I love the board and batten idea, stunning!Also the pantry is beautiful, I thought my pantry was small, but I love the attention to detail. Perfect. I wish I could drive by, too!Can't wait to check the other blogs for inspiration!

The Blogger house was the first one we went to on the parade. It was so fun! I must have been in too big of a hurry though, because I did not go all the way around the corner of the dining room to see the hutch! Sadness! I loved your touch though, and I also reaaaally loved the mudroom. That was a super duper small pantry. Good job.

OH, my goodness. First of all. What an amazing experience. So so fun to work so hard and with such great people. The dining room is stunning. I love that you were so excited about styling the pantry. You have such skill with making spaces like that look fantastic. Love the wall treatment and that light fixture. I think I could throw a dinner party or two in that room!

Saw the house in person and loved it! I got so many great ideas and I can't wait to use them in my own home. One question though...do you know where the bench on the FRONT porch is from? The builder wasn't sure and said to ask one of you ladies!

Oh boy you're getting lots of questions....and here I come with another one ;0) do you know what the MDF boards were put up with...nails, glue, or both? Did he put anything at the ends or did the board just run flush to the walls?

Love the hutch x a million. Can you share the cut list/ plans for it? We just moved to a house with zilcho storage/ shelf space and have been trying to come up with exactly that, but on a larger scale; six feet on either side of our fireplace! Yipes!! We thought maybe we would have to buy pre-made cabinets and attach shelving to the cabinets, but if you're able to share the plans we could maybe work it from scratch!

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